Collapsible pastry board



' 1957 E. M. MATTSON COLLAPSIBLE PASTRY BOARD Filed Oct. 12, 1953 LII!74 Mo fax/v56 United States Patent COLLAPSIBLE PASTRY BOARD Edith M.Mattson, St. Paul, Minn.

Application October 12, 1953, Serial No. 385,520

3 Claims. (Cl. 107-46) This invention relates generally to collapsiblepastry boards and particularly to a sectional pastry board adapted to becompactly stored.

It is an object of my present invention to provide a pastry boardconstructed from a pair of separate, relatively flat stretcher sectionshaving a flexible cover interconnecting the same, and said sectionsmaintaining said cover in tightly stretched relation when in expandedposition.

It is another object to provide a pair of separate, relatively flatcooperating sections having a flexible cloth cover for securely holdingsaid sections in edge to edge abutment when the same are in expandedposition, said abutted edges being constructed to prevent longitudinalshifting movement therealong.

More specifically, it is an object to provide a pastry board having apair of flat, cooperating, separate board sections having interfittingabutment edges, one having a recess and the other having a projectionextending into said recess to prevent relative longitudinal shiftingmovement of one abutted edge along the other with the top surface ofsaid sections lying in a single plane and a flexible cover having meansfor attaching the same to the opposed outer edge portions of therespective boards for interconnecting said boards and holding the sametogether when in abutted position.

These and other objects and advantages of my invention will more fullyappear from the following description made in connection with theaccompanying drawings wherein like reference characters refer to thesame or similar parts throughout the several views and in which:

Fig. 1 is a top plan view of my pastry board in operative position;

Fig. 2 is an end elevational view thereof with portions of one sectionand the cover being shown in vertical section; and

Fig. 3 is an enlarged front elevational view showing the board sectionsin collapsed position.

As illustrated in the accompanying drawings, I provide a pair ofsections 5 and 6 constructed from any suitable flat material such asplywood or the like. In the form shown, the section 5 has an elongated,rectangular recess 5:: formed in the central edge portion thereof andsection 6 has a projecting member 6a adapted to be received in andinterfit with said recess to prevent relative shifting movement of saidsections along the abutted edges thereof when said edges are disposed inflat, extended relation. A flexible cover 7 is provided which has a pairof section-receiving pockets 7a in the end portions thereof and theouter ends of said sections 5 and 6 are respectively received in saidpockets, as best shown in Figs. 2 and 3.

2,778,324 Patented Jan. 22, 1957 interfitted into the recess 5a, andboth of said sections are, of course, supported on a flat surface suchas a table or the like.

It will be seen that I have provided a relatively simple, yet highlyeflicient, pastry board designed to tightly stretch a fabric cover intooperative position as shown in Fig. '1, whereby pastry doughs such aspie crusts and the like may be rolled out without sticking thereto andpermitting compact collapsing thereof for easy storage and particularalyconstructed for inexpensive manufacture.

It will, of course, be understood that various changes may be made inthe arrangement, form, details and proportions of the parts withoutdeparting from the scope of my invention which, generally seated,consists of the matter described andshown herein and set forth in theappended claims.

What I claim is:

1. A collapsible pastry board comprising a pair of independent rigidpanels in abutting end to end'relationship when in assembled operativeposition, said panels in assembled position providing spaced apart outerends and having complementary adjacent inner ends fitting in face toface relation to thus present a working coplanar surface, a removableslightly stretchable covering member for said coplanar surface, saidcovering being of slightly less extent than the distance between saidouter ends of the assembled panels, and anchoring means provided at thecorresponding outer ends of said covering, said anchoring meansincluding elements for embracing portions of both the outer end facesand adjacent marginal under surfaces of said panels when in assembledrelationship, the underlying portions of said elements extendinginwardly a substantial distance from the outer ends of said panels, andthe inner end portions of said anchoring elements being connected withthe lateral edge portions of said covering member in inwardly spacedrelation from the outer ends thereof to hold said pair of panels inassembled end to end coplanar relation.

2. The structure set forth in claim 1 and said anchoring meanscomprising end receiving pockets provided at the respective end portionsof said flexible sheet for respectively receiving the outer end portionsof said panels.

3. The structure set forth in claim 1 and said inner abutment endshaving an irregular cooperating shape to register one with the other andprevent relative shifting movement between said sections along saidabutted ends.

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